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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	passage	1985	5,200 individuals	A4i
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus	LC	passage	1983	2,100 individuals	A4i

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Tow Hill Ecological Reserve	Ecological Reserve	519	protected area overlaps with site	59
Rose Spit Ecological Reserve	Ecological Reserve	202	protected area overlaps with site	190
Naikoon Park	A - Park	69,013	protected area overlaps with site	990

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: McIntyre Beach and Rose Spit. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/11107 on 02/06/2023.